After killing and dissecting an endless amount of Lego minifigs, artist/designer/mad doctor Jason…
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1996

Lego Western appears, at last opening the possibility of forming the Village People with Lego minifigs: The sets include cowboys and, for the first time ever, a different Lego race: Native americans. By the way, this contradicts the answers about race that Lego gave us in our Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lego Guide.

1998

1999

The now famous Lego Star Wars appears, introducing the first ever licensed minifig: Luke Skywalker.

2000

Lego Soccer scores a few goals with spring-loaded tabletop game action. This is a very bad year for the history of the minifig, however: Jar-Jar Binks minifig appears, the first figure with a molded head ever. It should have never happened. The minifig. And the movie.

2001

Lego Studios appears, so people can film movies with minifigs as characters. You know what that means (see bottom of post).

2002

Shorter legs appear for the same time. Now you can have short characters like Yoda. Double-sided heads are added too, so you can change the expresion of the minifig on the go.

2003

Real races are introduced at last, as part of the licensing program. Lego Mars Mission is announced, marking the return of astronauts.

2005

First Lego minifig with an electrical part appears: A lightsaber.

2006

Manga comes into Lego minifigs with Exo-Force, introducing new wacky hairdos made of rubber.